Outside brake



Aug. 21, 1923. 1,465,832

I F. J. ANDEL OUTS IDE BRAKE Filed April 27. 1922 W) T/VESS I IIVVENTOR FR We'll/sen flank J. Amie! A TTORNEYS Fatented Aug. 21, 1923.

THANK U, 'ANDEL, ;OF GLEVELANZD, E OHI O oU-TsIDE BRAKE.

Applicationfiled April 27, 13,22. Seri al-N0; 5 56,973.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, -FRANK .J. ANnEL',..la citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, .in the county of GuyahOga and btate of Ohio, have invented a new. and Improved Outside Brake ofwhich the following isa 'full, cleanand exactdescription.

This inventionrelates toimprovements in outside brakes'fon cars of a well knowntype,

an object of the invention beingto provi'de a brake, and more particularly {a brake Operating mechanism which maybe readily attached to a car fa certain-type without altering the construction in the slightest.

A further object is to provide ran improved construction of outside brake and operating meanstherefor, which insure a; quick response to the action of thebrake Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating my invention applied to a car. i

' Figure 2 is a view in side elevation showing parts enlarged for purposes of clearness.

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

1 represents the chassis, 2 the drive shaft housing, 3 the rear axle housing and 4c, the radius rods, which are employed on cars to connect the housing 2 with the rear axle housing 3. These radius rods are projected through a flange 5 on the housing 2 and are secured at their forward ends by nuts 6 screwed onto the radius rods at opposite sides of the flange 5. 7 represents the brake drum, or drums, and 8 the stationary -disc or housing with which cars are ordinarily equipped.

Around the outside of the drums 7 I pro vide external brake bands 9, these bands 9 being-connected to the disc 8 by arms 10 at the intermediate portions of the bands and angle brackets 11 ,aresecured totheldiscsS at theirsforwardportion. .Eachbrakehband i is ,provided with an angle lever {i2 piyotally connected at one ('endgto one 1 of ,the brake "a bands as shown v13, and ha'ving its @ShOI'teI arm. connected by rod .14: W th he. othe nd i of the brake ,band 9.. ,This rod @1 4 ispositioned through va perforated lug 15 on the bracket .11,= and isprovided \with coil .springs 16 around the ,rod 14, atopposite sides ofv said lug 15, so that saidsprings lfitendto;

expandthe brakeband and-. hold it an inoperative position. if H Y 1 17 represents a' bracket which constitutes one of .the essential and-important features of my improved attachment, and which P d d wi :a pai Qt ep n ii a P rf rated lugs 18 receiving the forwardlendsof the radius rods andclampedagainst the flange 5 by'the forwardnuts 6. .In other words to attach this bracket it is simply scessa y'to .rQm erwardznut 7 re tion the bracket or the radius rods, and then screw home said nuts.

The upper portion of thisbracke-t 17 has a'longitudinal bore constituting-a bearing .for a rocker shaft 19, which projectsv at both ends beyond the bracket and is held" against longitudinal movement preferably 'by' means of cotter pins 20, which are positioned through the shaft 9 and are easily removable for'purposes of disconnection or assemblage of parts. v

On theouter ends of the shaft 19 a pair of crank arms 21 are secured, and these.

crank arms 21 are connected by'rods 22.,

with the longer upper ends of the levers 1'2 and are guided and held in operative, position by means of links 23 secured to the radius rods 4.

2a represents the bral re pedal of the car and this pedal has a split sleeve 26 clamped thereon and pivotally connected by a rod 25 v with one of the crank arms 21. A preferable construction is to bend the rear end of the rod 25 at right angles and project the c 'samethrough openings in the crank arm 21 and through similar openings in the bifun cated coupling sleeve 27. As a matter of fact both ofthe rods 22 are provided with similar bifurcated coupling sleeves1'7 having screw threaded engagement with the rods 22 so as to permit of a certain amount of adjustment to insure a proper connection,

In operation, when the brake pedal'QA is pushed forwardly, it will cause the rocker v shaft 19 to turn by reason of the Connection of the rod 25 With one of the arms 22, and

and Without altering the present construction, or injuring the same in any manner,

and that the mechanism isso simple and in- Volves so few parts, that it can be manufac- -tured and sold at an entremely low price,

and yet most eflieiently perform-the functions forf'whieh it is intended.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of parts described Without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty'to'make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thewspirit and scope of the appended claims.

"I claim: v v

1. An outside brake of the character described, comprising brake bands adapted to engage the outside of brake drums, levers for operating said hands, a bracket having perforated lugs adapted to receive the radius rods of a car and be secured thereon, a rocker shaft mounted in said bracket, crank arms on said shaft, rods connecting the crank arms with the brakeband levers, a brake pedal, and a rod connecting one of said arms with the brake pedal. V

2. The combination With acar having a brake pedal, a drive shaft housing, a flange on the drive shaft housing, a rear axle housing, radius rods connecting the flange and th rear axle housing, nuts" screwed onto the radius rods at opposite sides of the flange,brake"drums on thefwheels of the.

car, brake bands around the drums, elastic means holding the brake bands expanded,

levers controlling the co'ntractionfof the bands a bracket secured on the radius rods and clamped'against the-flange by certain of the said nuts, a rocker shaft mounted in the bracket, arms on the rocker shaft, rods connecting the arms With the brake levers, links secured to the radius rods and supporting the intermediate portions of the rods, and a rod connecting one of said arms! with the brake pedal.

FRANK JqANDELj 

